Curtain-fixture



(No Model.)

W. H. PAUL-DING.

G RTAINJFIXTURB. N0.269,703. Patented Dec. 26, 1882.

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VVz'inesses Inventor NITEDJ STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM H. PAULDING, ()F PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,703, dated December26, 1882.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PAULDING, ofPeekskill, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fixtures for Shades or Curtainsfor Windows, Doors, or other apertures where a shade or curtain may berequired, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement will prove particularly useful for the windows ofrailroad-cars.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of my device with theourtainslat engaging therewith, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

In the ordinary window-shaderuuning upon a spring-roller it is liable torun unevenly, and if the window is open to be blown out or in.

My improvement and invention consists in fastening to the bottom of theshade or curtain a stick or slat of wood or metal, or combination of thetwo, extending beyond the fabric at either end.

On the sides of the window, door, or other aperture I place ratchetsor'catches ot'any suitable size, shape, or arrangement of Wood, metal,or other suitable material. The ratchets or catches are placed oppositeto each other on the sides of the frame next the opening, and the stickor slat at the bottom of the shade or curtain is constructed ofsufiicient length to reach and engage iuthese catches or ratchets. Thisstick or slat is preferably made flat and beveling, with the thinneredge upward, so as to readily hold in the catches or ratchets with astop placed on the sides of the frame a convenient distance from theratchets, so that the stick and shade may not be blown out from theopening; or a groove may be sunk in either side ofthe lrame ot' theaperture and the ratchets placed on one side of the groove, the otherside of the groove operating as the stop, a suitable slot being cut outeither top or bottom to bis an ordinary spring-roller with shadepartially rolled on it.

(5 is the shade or curtain.

D is the slat, attached at the bottom of the shade or curtain, extendingbeyond the curtain and the ends engaged in the ratchets.

E is a ratchet attached to the frame A, a similar ratchet being attachedto the corresponding frame, A, in a similar manner, the stick Dextending UYM and engaging in them on both sides.

F is a stop placed at aconvenient distance to prevent the stick I) frombeing blown out of the catches.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent ot' the United States- 1. The combination of the stickI), with the ratchets or catches placed on either side of the frame,substantially as described.

2. The ratchets or catches E, constructed and shaped as shown, andattached to the frame of a window or other similar aperture to hold inany required place a shade or curtain, substantially as described.

3. The combination of t he spring-roller b, the shade O, the stick D,the ratchets or catches E, and the stop F, substantially as described.

WM. H. PAULDING.

Witnesses:

T. E. SMITH, THOMAS ALLEN.

